Lt E. Gough, the RNLI's staff officer (Communications), sent the message Uniform Whisky One (UW1) to the Boys' Brigade at Aigburth, Liverpool, after they had raised £36 by mounting a display about the sea, doing figure marching...
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At first glance the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the RNLI appear poles apart. But the world's largest coastguard service and the RNLI have united to set up an exchange programme to help both services improve their ability to save...
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FEBRUARY 19TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
At 4.47 in the afternoon the resident naval officer telephoned through the coastguard that landing craft belonging to the United States Amphibious Force were ashore on Paignton beach, between...
CABIN CRUISER TOWED TO HARBOUR Troon, Ayrshire. At 10.30 on the night of the 14th August, 1962, the coxswain saw a flashing light about two miles north of Lady Isle. The life-boat James and Barbara Aitken was launched at 10.45 in a light...
"MAN the Life-boat!" has become a household -word, and it may possibly prove of some interest to those who, have not had the opportunity of seeing different parts of the coast of England, or of studying the different types of the...
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Royal Mail employee Jenny Davison went crackers at Christmas, dressing up as one and doing the rounds of the Royal Mail at Guildford. - View image in PDF
Jenny managed to pull £166.24 in a stunt which went with a bang…. - View image in PDF
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THE Royal Commission on Electrical Communication with Light-houses and Light - vessels recommended that five light-vessels be immediately connected with the shore by a telegraphic cable, viz., the Goodwin, at the north end of the sand; the...
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Sing a song of sixpence: the magic of nursery rhymes is certainly not lost on the children of Tain playgroup and nursery unit. They took part in a sponsored nursery rhyme recital and raised a magnificent £1,045 for Invergordon lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 219 Lord Saltoun, MC, by His Grace the Duke of Atholl, Chairman of the Committee of Management 220 XLVl Two Scottish Lifeboats capsize and right 220 4 /U Mountbatten of Burma 221 HRH The Duke of Kent...
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